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Within the two-week period, the promoter shall pay to the Department a fee of (i) five percent of the first $100,000 of its total gross receipts and (ii) two and one-half percent of the remainder of its total gross receipts. Records of the promoter shall be subject to audit by the Department.\n\nB\n\nEach cable television system or other multichannel video programming service shall report to the Department in writing the name and address of each person from whom it obtains the rights to provide a live event originating in the Commonwealth.\n\nC\n\nThe Department shall hold all license fees in a special fund of the state treasury subject to appropriation of the General Assembly. Payments from this fund shall be made to the contractors for their services on behalf of the Commonwealth. No payment shall exceed the balance of the fund. The Department shall draw from the fund to cover any expenses associated with the provisions of this chapter.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1376816,"text":"Each promoter shall furnish to the Department, within two weeks after the completion of each event, a written and verified report on the form provided by the Department showing the number of tickets sold, unsold, and given away and the amount of gross proceeds thereof for such events originating in the Commonwealth, and its total gross receipts from the sale of rights to distribute in any manner such event by any video, telephonic, or other communication method involving the control of electrons or other charge carriers for such live events originating in the Commonwealth. Within the two-week period, the promoter shall pay to the Department a fee of (i) five percent of the first $100,000 of its total gross receipts and (ii) two and one-half percent of the remainder of its total gross receipts. 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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 895<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2015, chapters 216<\/a> and 264<\/a>; in 2025, chapters 95<\/a> and 111<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1467969,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369139,"identifier":"54.1-833","token":"54.1\/II\/8.1\/54.1-833","url":"\/54.1-833\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-833\/","token":"54.1\/II\/8.1\/54.1-833","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reports; cable television systems; fee on receipts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-833","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Each promoter<\/span> shall furnish to the Department<\/span>, within two weeks after the completion of each event<\/span>, a written and verified report on the form provided by the Department<\/span> showing the number of tickets sold, unsold, and given away and the amount of gross proceeds thereof for such events<\/span> originating in the Commonwealth, and its total gross receipts from the sale of rights to distribute in any manner such event<\/span> by any video, telephonic, or other communication method involving the control of electrons or other charge carriers for such live events<\/span> originating in the Commonwealth. Within the two-week period, the promoter<\/span> shall pay to the Department<\/span> a fee of (i) five percent of the first $100,000 of its total gross receipts and (ii) two and one-half percent of the remainder of its total gross receipts. Records of the promoter<\/span> shall be subject to audit by the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Each cable television system<\/span> or other multichannel video programming service shall report to the Department<\/span> in writing the name and address of each person<\/span> from whom it obtains the rights to provide a live event<\/span> originating in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall hold all license fees in a special fund of the state treasury subject to appropriation of the General Assembly. Payments from this fund shall be made to the contractors<\/span> for their services on behalf of the Commonwealth. No payment shall exceed the balance of the fund. The Department<\/span> shall draw from the fund to cover any expenses associated with the provisions of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORTS; CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS; FEE ON RECEIPTS (\u00a7 54.1-833)\n\nA. Each promoter shall furnish to the Department, within two weeks after the\ncompletion of each event, a written and verified report on the form provided by\nthe Department showing the number of tickets sold, unsold, and given away and\nthe amount of gross proceeds thereof for such events originating in the\nCommonwealth, and its total gross receipts from the sale of rights to distribute\nin any manner such event by any video, telephonic, or other communication method\ninvolving the control of electrons or other charge carriers for such live events\noriginating in the Commonwealth. Within the two-week period, the promoter shall\npay to the Department a fee of (i) five percent of the first $100,000 of its\ntotal gross receipts and (ii) two and one-half percent of the remainder of its\ntotal gross receipts. Records of the promoter shall be subject to audit by the\nDepartment.\n\nB. Each cable television system or other multichannel video programming service\nshall report to the Department in writing the name and address of each person\nfrom whom it obtains the rights to provide a live event originating in the\nCommonwealth.\n\nC. The Department shall hold all license fees in a special fund of the state\ntreasury subject to appropriation of the General Assembly. Payments from this\nfund shall be made to the contractors for their services on behalf of the\nCommonwealth. No payment shall exceed the balance of the fund. The Department\nshall draw from the fund to cover any expenses associated with the provisions of\nthis chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 895; 2015, cc. 216, 264; 2025, cc. 95, 111.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}